Hi peoples! Did you miss me? Yeea…. Anyhoo…. Here's the next part!

Ages ~

Ash ~ 16

Misty ~ 16

*Ash/Misty butting into the other's talking*

Ghost talking

Got it? Good.

*Can you beat my sappy junk?*

You call that sappy?! HA! I'll tell it better than you ever could! But maybe this part isn't as sappy.

*Ha! You're just scared you can't measure up to my wonderful sappiness. And you have the nerve to call me un-sappy!*

I cal 'em when I see 'em, and YOU, Ash, are NOT sappy. I'll show you ssappy….eventually….

*Ha!*

Now will you let me get on with the story already?

*Oh fine.*

Haunted Hearts

~ Part 10; Confused? ~

I pulled away from Ash and back away from him, watching him with worried eyes. "Are… you okay…Ash?"

Ash just grinned at me and wiped away his tears. "Wonderful."

"Okay…" I raised an eyebrow and didn't question anymore. "So what'd you do while I was gone?" I questioned, leaning on the wall.

Ash smiled sheepishly. "I was looking for you."

I blushed. "Aw, Ash, I didn't know you cared!"

"Yea… well… it's kinda hard not to when you disappear into thin air like that you know." He looked at me, his face showed worry and concern. "What happened? I thought… well… this may sound stupid, but I thought I saw your ghost up in the attic."

I thought a moment than grinned at him with an evil glint in my eye. "Oh REEEEALLY…. Does this mean I'm going to die?"

I watched at the color drain from Ash's face. Could it be he actually was worried about me? Or was it just one more dead person to worry about haunting him? "Don't joke about that!!"

I couldn't help it, I burst out laughing. He just looked at me with a rather annoyed look. "It's not funny! I was really worried!"

I took a deep breath and tried to stop laughing. I smiled up at him and hugged him, an action that made HIM nervous for a change. "Well thanks for worrying about me." I whispered.

I could almost feel his face get beet red and grow increasingly hot. I let go of him and smiled at him. "To answer your question, yes, I know who that ghost was."

"Who?"

I was tempted to say me, but I was nice. "Her name is Kristina. She's a good ghost."

"Like Casper?" Ash asked brightly.

"Eh, yeah, like Casper, anyway, the ghost that tried to get me before…"

"The one in the mirror?"

"No, the one that almost grabbed me before Kristina got me."

"Oh, so Kristina grabbed you."

"No! Well, yes, but that was good!"

"So it was a good thing she grabbed you instead of the other ghost who almost grabbed you through the mirror."

"NO! well, yes… AUGH!"

"Wait, Kristina tried to grab you when we were in the room with the evil mirror – or is the mirror not evil?"

"NO! LISTEN TO ME! Kristina is good! She saved me from her mother who tried to grab me when you were in the kitchen looking for food, the boy in the mirror is her brother, got that much?"

"I think…"

"Good, now there's more…"

"There's more ghosts?"

"Gr…. No…. there is more to the story."

"Oh – this"

"JUST SHUT-UP AND LET ME EXPLAIN!"

"Okay………. But –"

"NOW!"

Silence

"Thank-you. Now, as I was saying, Kristina told me that her mother –the evil ghost- want revenge. Kristina said that she used to abuse them, when she called the police, her mother got made and locked her in the attic."

"You mean, there's a dead body up there?!"

I nodded and continued. "My reaction too. Anyway, she said, to make it stop, we need to bury her body somewhere. Her brother is looking for her, but since her soul isn't rested, he can't find her. So when he saw me, he thought I was Kristina since I look like her. We have to bury her mother too. She said there's a door to the backyard somewhere. Got it?"

"Um…"

"Oh well. I'm not explaining it again." I took him by the hand and led him to the bedroom where he had tried to sleep in just that night and we both sat on the bed.

Both of us were silent until I decided to speak up. "So what are we going to do first?"

Ash thought a moment and stood up, pacing around the room. Eventually he stopped at looked at me in the eye. "We should try and find the evil mother first because she's trying to get you."

I was shocked! Ash was thinking of something smart! And he STILL seemed worried about me! I smiled. "That works for me. We just have to find exactly WERE her body is."

"Right." Ash nodded. He pulled me up from the bed. "We might as well start now. Where would the most likely place be?"

I thought a moment. "Downstairs?" I asked.

"Sure," Ash shrugged before taking my shoulder and looking at me firmly in the eye. "We are sticking together. I won't let the ghost touch you, so don't go out of my site!"

I smiled sheepishly at him and nodded, too surprised to words. He smield back at me and released his arms from my shoulders. He took her by the hand and off we went down the stairs to look for – never thought I'd say this – a dead body.

*That was boring*

Well SOMOENE had to explain it to you and make sure all the people out there know it, if you can get it, THEY can most certainly get it.

*You're confidence in me is soooo overwhelming*

I know.

*You know, the worst part is I'm still kind of lost.*

Figure it out on the way or something. I'm not explaining it to you again.

*Oh fine, be a sponge bob meanie pants.* (For my friend Monica  ^_~)

You think THIS is mean? I'll show you mean!

*Eh, no, I'm good thanks… just wait, I'll make the next part even better and more suspencful!*

Ha. I'd like to see that.

Wouldn't you too? You would? Yaaaay! Eh, sorry. Yea, this chapter was a tad boring. I should be more interesting next time. So review!

Smile jesus loves you!